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July 27, 1940

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Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 6 0
Tigers 15 16 1
Top 9 R H E
Athletics 2 6 0
Tigers 15 16 1

Herman Besse Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .312
OBP .000 .389
At Bats 1 16
Hits 0 5
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 2
RBI’s 0 6

Schoolboy Rowe Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 0
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Briggs Stadium - July 27, 1940
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Out
Schoolboy Rowe
Billy Sullivan
Rudy York
Scat Metha
Pinky Higgins
Frank Croucher
Hank Greenberg
Earl Averill
Pete Fox
Herman Besse
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Besse hits a popup towards third. Higgins settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Frank Croucher now playing shortstop. Earl Averill now playing center field. Lillard hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metha scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Metha hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Earl Averill pinch hits for Barney McCosky. Averill strikes out.
Bottom 8 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Kress scores. Rowe moves to second.
Bottom 8 Rowe hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. York scores. Sullivan scores. Kress moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kress takes first base on ball four. York moves to third. Sullivan moves to second.
Bottom 8 Sullivan hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Greenberg scores. York moves to second.
Bottom 8 Higgins hits a popup in front of the plate. Wagner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 York takes first base on ball four. Greenberg moves to second.
Bottom 8 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Metha scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Wagner hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Scat Metha now playing second base. Gantenbein hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Scat Metha pinch hits for Charlie Gehringer. Metha strikes out.
Bottom 7 McCosky bunts in front of the plate. Wagner scoops up the ball and tags McCosky for the out. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rowe scores.
Bottom 7 Rowe hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Rowe reaches second base with a double. Kress goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Kress hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Besse fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Simmons hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Chapman takes first base on ball four. Rubeling moves to second.
Top 7 Miles strikes out.
Top 7 Rubeling takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Besse strikes out.
Bottom 6 Higgins hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 York hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. York reaches second base with a double. McCosky scores.
Bottom 6 Greenberg hits a popup towards first. Gantenbein settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Gehringer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Dee Miles now playing right field. Al Simmons now playing left field. Joe Gantenbein now playing first base. Hal Wagner now catching. Crash DavisMcCosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Brancato hits a fly ball into center field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hal Wagner pinch runs for Frankie Hayes. McCoy hits a popup in front of the plate. Sullivan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hayes hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Hayes reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gehringer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Fox hits a fly ball into right field. Moses settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Rowe hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brancato scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kress hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Kress reaches second base with a double. York scores. Higgins scores. Sullivan goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 5 Herman Besse now pitching. Sullivan is hit by the pitch. York moves to third. Higgins moves to second.
Bottom 5 Higgins takes first base on ball four. York moves to second.
Bottom 5 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy fields it and throws to second for the out. Gehringer scores.
Bottom 5 Greenberg hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McCosky scores. Gehringer moves to third.
Bottom 5 Gehringer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 There goes McCosky. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. McCosky steals second.
Bottom 5 McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rowe fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Chapman hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Moses hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rowe hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Kress hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Sullivan. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Sullivan steals second.
Bottom 4 Sullivan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Higgins hits a fly ball into left field. Johnson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Rubeling hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Potter strikes out.
Top 4 Brancato hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rowe fields it and throws to first for the out. Hayes moves to third. McCoy moves to second.
Top 4 McCoy hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hayes moves to second.
Top 4 Hayes takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 York hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McCoy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Greenberg strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Gehringer. The throw from Hayes and he is safe. Gehringer steals second.
Bottom 3 Gehringer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Potter fields it and throws to second for the out. Fox moves to third.
Bottom 3 McCosky hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 3 Fox hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Siebert hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Johnson hits a popup towards first. York settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Chapman bunts in front of the plate. Sullivan fields it and throws to first for the out. Rubeling moves to third. Moses moves to second.
Top 3 Moses hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Rubeling moves to second.
Top 3 Rubeling hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Rowe hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kress hits a popup in front of the plate. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 There's a wild pitch. Higgins scores.
Bottom 2 Sullivan bunts between the mound and first base. Potter scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sullivan for the out. Higgins moves to third.
Bottom 2 Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. Higgins reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Potter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Brancato hits a popup towards short. Kress settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 McCoy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kress misplays the ball. That's an error on Kress.
Top 2 Hayes hits a fly ball into left field. Greenberg settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 York hits a fly ball into center field. Chapman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Greenberg takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Gehringer hits a popup towards first. Siebert settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McCosky hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Chapman. McCosky reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Potter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Siebert hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Rowe covering, for the out.
Top 1 Johnson hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Chapman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Moses hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of McCosky. Moses reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Rubeling hits a fly ball into right field. Fox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.